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mainframe
CIDE DICTIONARY
mainframe, n.
- A large digital computer serving 100-400 users and occupying a special air-conditioned room. At any given point in development of computer technology, the mainframe will be faster, have large main memeory, and be more capable than a
minicomputer , which will in turn be faster and more capable than apersonal computer . The typical personal computer in 1999 is faster than a mainframe was in 1970. [WordNet 1.5] - The board holding the CPU and the memory forming the central part of a computer to which the peripherals are attached. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
mainframe, n.
1 the central processing unit and primary memory of a computer.
2 (often attrib.) a large computer system.
1 the central processing unit and primary memory of a computer.
2 (often attrib.) a large computer system.
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